March 2009
Marginal Revolution: Words of wisdom →
“We have this belief that kids are just addicted to social network sites. If...”
– danah boyd on teens and social technology (via slantback)
Good Burgers Come to Those Who Wait →
Ask anyone who knows me, and they’ll tell you that I love a good burger and fries just about as much as I love a good “hole in the wall” restaurant. Over the past year or so I’ve repeatedly heard…
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Google Street View Time Lapse, by joelaz
I noticed Google updated the images for Street View in San Francisco, so I spent a few minutes updating my time lapse of the Golden Gate Bridge. It would be cool if there was a website that automatically generated time lapse videos of drives through cities using images from Google Street View. This is just a rough example of what they might...
Event: Tallinn →
Tom’s tour of the Baltic states continues in Tallinn, Estonia, where he’s again appearing for Baltic Management Conferences. This is a part of the world that Tom has not spent much time…
How To Use Data To Drive Web Profits In A Downturn →
Sample Page Views Per Session Data
The economic downturn has many of us personally looking to stretch our dollars and make the most of what we’ve got until budgets can be loosened again….
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This is why I hate Skype and IM →
Get 6GB of Free Music from SXSW '09 [Deals] →
Looking for a whole lot of new, free music? The unofficial SXSW 2009 torrent compiles every song freely available on the SXSW Music web site into three multi-gigabyte BitTorrent downloads. So…
Monday (SXSW) Music Roundup →
In just over 36 hours I will be in Austin, Tejas for my first SXSW Music Festival. I may be a bit disoriented from my way early AM flight, blinking the bright Texas sunlight. I’ll be…
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7 Elements Of Really Really High Converting Copy
You must know the common problems your target audience is having
You must explain how your product solves that specific problem
You must use the same language that they would be using internally. So no salesy cheese or fancy words. Just straight talk as if you were friends at the bar with a couple drinks in you
You must show undeniable proof that your claim is true
You must, without a...
Make sense of your site: tips for webpage design →
This is the second post in The Power of Measurement series. These posts are designed to cover ways to make your website as successful as possible, especially in the current economic climate….
Exclusive Report: How to Quickly, Easily &... →
Kutiman, Big Media, and the Future of Creative... →
So amazing, so illegal. What are we going to do with you, future?
That’s my pal, Jonathan Coulton, remarking on the disruptively talented Kutiman, who has made an astounding series of…
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Kutiman, Big Media, and the Future of Creative... →
So amazing, so illegal. What are we going to do with you, future?
That’s my pal, Jonathan Coulton, remarking on the disruptively talented Kutiman, who has made an astounding series of…
“Sometimes publicity is helpful, and good publicity is always good for your ego....”
– Seth’s Blog: The difference between PR and publicity
just realized this was the point i was trying to make to one of my co-workers yesterday but miserably failed in my own presentation. the point that i was trying to make was this; don’t treat blogs like a series of press releases. they are two...
Deep House Archives Vol. 18 - Sunrise Observer →
Greetings, DHA welcomes spring season with a brand new mix that sounds like early summer. Mixed by Theo Z, Sunrise Observer solidifies the new musical direction that DHA, and deep house…
“This weekend I watched an amazing video from Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs at a Ted...”
– Michael Gray, Web 2.0 Weenies and Bullshit Social Media Economics (via soupsoup) (via mikehudack)
Animal of the day →
The Guardian’s animal gallery starts with a particularly fine photo today link
Facebook’s Response To Twitter →
Facebook made a number of announcements today about changes to its home page, profile pages, and activity streams. Taken together, these represent a concerted response to the rise of Twitter as…